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. J. H. REYNOLDS.

. RAILWAY GAR.

1 Io.-302,029. Patented July 15, 1884.

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J OHN H. REYNOLDS, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

RAILWAY-CAR.

cPncrrrcArIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,029, dated Ju1y 15,1884.

Application filed April 3, 1884. (No model.)

' IO venting the dust-,cinders, and other light and floating particlesthat are caused, raised, or' set in motion bythe transit of a train of.cars from becoming deposited upon the platform, or attached to the endof a car, where, by

15 reason of their uncleanliness, they become a source of greatdiscomfort and annoyance, and, by soiling the apparel of passengers, afrequent cause of much damage.' I attain this object by means of theconstruction illustrated go in the accompanying drawings, which arehere- 'in referred to and form part of this specification, and in whichFigure 1 is a side elevation of one end of a railway passenger-carprovided with my im- 2 provements; Fig. 2, a plan view, andFig. 3

an end elevation, of the same, and Fig. 4, a plan view of a modifiedform of my improvement.

As represented in the drawings, A is the 0 body of anord1narypassenger-car, havlng its roof 13 extended lengthwise to form acover for the platform 0, in the'usual manner. Said roof can be madeeither with or without the monitor deck D, as may be preferred.

" Across the roof B,-closely to the outer end of its projecting end I),the deflector E is placed, and said deflector may be either permanentlyor temporarily attached to or built upon said'roof. The said deflector Iprefera- 40 bly make in the prismatic form shown'in Fig.

1, and arrange in a direct line across the roof, as shown in Fig. 2, andwhen used on the present construction of ears-in respect to theintervening space between the projecting ends 5 of the roofs of twoeonjoining cars, and where cient for the purpose of deflecting all thedust, cinders, and other particles that may fall or lodge upon the roofof the car, and to cause a detour of the currents that will prevent saiddust,= cinders, &c., from entering into the 'space between the twoconjoining cars; but I do not limit myself to the. proportions. givenabove. The inner angle, 6, of said deflector I preferably make flatterthan the outer angle,

6; but a very satisfactory result can be 'obtained by making the outerangle flatter than the inner one; also, by making both angles equal, andalso by making its inner face vertical, or nearly so.

When a train of cars is under motion, the

currents of air produced thereby force all the dust and cinders that maylodge upon the roof to move rapidly toward the rear of the train,

and when the roofs of said cars are provided with my deflectors theparticles or granules of dust and cinders and thecurrents of air,

by striking said deflectors, are deflected up.- ward, thereby creating astrong upward current ofair between the conjoining ends of the cars, andbefore the weight of said particles can carry them downward the speed ofthe train will cause the space between the projecting ends of the roofsof the two conjoining cars to pass from beneath the falling particles,which will then fall upon the roof of the next car in the train, .toundergo a repetition of the operation just described.

Upon opposite sides of the car, close to the ends thereof, I attachdeflectors E, made in prismatic form and arranged in vertical lines,asshownin Figs. 1 and 2'. The deflectors F deflect the currents of airand the dust, cinders, &c., laterally away from the car, and preventthem from entering sidewise'into the space between the ends of twoconjoining cars. In the modification shown in Fig. 4 the deflector E,instead of being arranged in ad'irect line across the roof B of the car,is arranged in the form of a chevron, with its point turned toward themiddle of the car.

in this form, the inner face, c of saiddeflector may be set vertically,at an angleinclined eitherbackward'or forwardor with a curved surface,either concave or convex. When ar- When made ranged in this ehevr0n-1ikeform, the said deroof of a car for the purpose of deflecting the flectorwill force the discharge of the particles currents of air, einders,dust, &c., therefrom IO of dust, 850., to pass sidewise from the roof ofas herein specified.

the car and the impetus they acquire from T 7 T T 5 the speed of thetrain will carry said particles JOHL RLXhOLDS' clear from the sides ofthe car. Vitnesses:

I claim as my invention \VM. H. LOW,

A deflector, E, attached to or built upon the S. B. BREWER.

